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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-06-11
The Presidents Narrow Escape.

By the merest accident the Demo-
cratic President of this Republic got
on the edge of Decoration Day, near
enough to know that some of his
countrymen were celebrating the
day, near enough to scent the sweet
odor of the flowers they were going
to lay on the altar of patriotism.
The President was going a.fishing.
and on his way, gaily comparisoned
in his fishing tackle and corduroy
clothes. he ran foul of the villagers
of Saranac Lake lust in time to see
the last of the Decoration Day cele-
bration." The official Court Gazette
says !: 1.-THE President drove by the
celebrators, all of whom were delight
ed with an unexpected sight Of Mr..
Cleveland" the Yelled Prophet of
Reform. 1t must have occurred to
some Of the celebrators that it would
have been neighborly if the President
had dropped in to take hand in the
celebration. That would not have
interfered greatly with his sport, and
1T would have looked well.
We haye had Presidents who
didn't dodge Decoration Day, and
please God we shall have more of
that Sort Wheeling Zatelligencer.
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Greeting the Cardinal.

New YORK, June 6.-Cardinal
Gibbons is homo again "safe and
sound" as he said to correspondent
who was among the first to greet him.
1t was about half-past five O'Clock
Saturday afternoon when the steam
er "Starin," with Major Kelly and a
number of the Cardinals friends on
board, sighted the Cunarder Umbria.
She had arrived at quarantine just
when the Starin met her. A pert
little revenue cutter, with Collector
Magone and Surveyor Beattie on
board, also slipped out to meet her.
But Commissioner Brennan had seen
the tall slim figure of the Cardinal,
leaning over the port rail of the Um-
bria, even before the revenue cutter
reached the steamship, and cheer
after cheer went up for him from the
Starin, to which the Cardinal an
swered by bow and a smile. After a
few moments, Medical Officer Smith
had satisfied his official senses of duty
that everybody on board was in good
health, and meanwhile the Cardinal
had been busy raising his high silk
hat in recognition of the many cheers
that came over to him from the
Starin. At last the official perlimi-
naries were over and the Cardinal,
escorted by Collector Magone, step.
ped on the bridge of the Umbria and
descended to the cutter.
Cardinal Gibbons had a great oya-
ton in Baltimore on his arrival in
that city Tuesday. The Catholic
societies paraded 5000 strong. Mayor
Hodges and Mr.. Bonaparte made
speeches of welcome to the Cardinal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-06-11

The Washington Critic says of the
Southrons who drew the color line in
the parade last week:
"'Twas a pretty warm day but not
quite hot enough for soldiers to draw
the color line. Our friends from
Vicksburg should have settled this
question before they came to WASH
ington. To camp with the colored
folks and drill with them, and then
get their backs up because a colored
company happened to be in close
proximity to them in the grand pa
rade, was neither sensible or soldier
ike. We can assure them that the
President of the United States would
have formed a much higher opinion
of the Southrons if they had stayed
in the line and marched up to the
rack with the rest of the boys. Lit
tie prejudices that are entirely pard-
enable in a social way should be sent
whistling down the winds on pure
~ military occasion like this"
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he Belonged to no Church.

81 knowed an ole man who died
the odder day without reljgun," said
Brother Gardner as he opened the
meeting. ''Some of de people who
stood aroun' his death.bed an saw
de smile on his face as he sunk away
in death could not make it out, He
belonged to no church-he wOrshiped
with no congregation. an dey WON
dered dat he died content.
mo, dis ole man had no religun,
accordin' to de way Christians put
it, but 1 knowed him long an well.
In de fust place. he was honest. All
de money in Detroit wouldn't hev
bin temptasun to him. In de next
place. he was forgivin' an conscien-
shus; if people wronged him he
would excuse 'em am forgive 'em. If
he wronged anybody he would 60
down on his knees to make it right.
"Dis ole man paid his honest debts.
To him debt was as sacred as holy
writ. He had kind words fur all.
Neber was man so bad dat dis ole
man could not say sunthin' good of
him. He respected de law he up.
held all that was moral an virchuus
he was without envy.
IAN as the April sun sunk low in
de heavens dis ole mans time had
come. He said good-by to de world
in whisper, an he was not afraid.
De settin' sun poured its last beams
of glory frew the winder over his ole
black face, and it lighted up wild SIGH
radiance dat we stood dar an held
our breafs. 1t was de eand of a man
who called no man his pastor an
took no church for his guide, but
when de las mint cum de joys of
Heaven were so plainly seen in his
face dat we shouted fur glory.
"An' so he died, an SIGH was de
eand TO- what de world calls sinner.
We has got among us heah three
score church members an prayin'
men. lie wonderin' how many of
US will sink away to rest as calmly
and confidently as dat ole man whose
name nebber appeared on a church
roll. lie bin wonderin' if we doan'
pray too much an hang off about
payin' our debts too long if we
doan sing wild so much zeal dat we
haven't got huff left to speak kindly
of our nayburs ; if we hain't so suah
of our own salvation dat we doan
keer about anybody else. Let US look
into dis an find wharf We stand,
Dar' am religun an religun. De sort
dat sends member of his club down
on his knees at de Thursday evenin'
pray'r meeting, an allows him to
walk off wild some one else's umbrella
hesh on Saturday night am de sort I
want to keep shet Of"
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Passed Beyond.

MALONE, N. Y, June 4-The
death of Ex-Vice President Wheeler,
which occurred at 1910 O'Clock this
morning, was painless, aud life went
out so gradually and quietly that it
was hard to mark the exact moment
of its flight. Mr.. Wheeler, whose
vitality had been decreasing slowly
during the past six years, retained
his usual vigor up to perhaps six
months ago. From that date he fail
ed rapidly. He was tortured terribly
by insomonia and neuralgia, and was
also inflicted with catarrh of the
bladder. The night of March 3, last,
he was seized with a chill, followed
by choking spell and then by fever
and for hours his physicians thought
him dying. He never fully rallied
from the attack, and mind and body
wasted away together.
There was probably softening of
the brain, and for weeks he was ir-
rational, This brain affection was
the immediate cause of death, Mon
day last he sank into a condition of
Inconsistencies, from which he was
never fully aroused, except for a mo-
ment or two. Since Wednesday he
had not spoken or given any sign of
recognition of friends or what was
going ON around him. He had no
near relatives In the world to minis
ter to him during his illness or watch
by his death bed,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-06-11
Something About Big canals.

A British engineer named Boyd,
who has visited the Panama Canal,
and since his return has read paper
before the Engineers society at Lon
don, reports that the excavation will
go slower in the future than in the
past. He thinks for the rest of the
work 1900, 200, 0OOf. and twelve years
of time will be required-that is to
say, 100000, 900, in addition to what
has already been sunk, Long before
that time the Nicaragua canal ought
to overtake De Lessep's enterprise,
to say nothing of bankruptcy. Adj
miral Anmen, in a pamphlet recently
issued, cites the case of the Caledonia
canal of Scotland. which is 90 miles
from sea to sea, 81 miles by lake and
% by canalization, and reaches q
summit level of 1O2 feet, or only s
feet less than that of the Nicaragua
canal. Yet the owners of vessels are
glad to save a short sea voyage of
only 400 miles by locking over this
height. The cost of the Calendonis,
which is l20 feet wide and 20 feet
deep, was only 100000. The Nicar-
aqua passage Is 40 miles long, GA by
river and Sc by lake. leaving only so
for canal, the outside cost of which ia
estimated at less than $50 900 900, in
Guiding railroad and seven locks.-
Scientific Journal,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-06-11

NEW YORK, June 3.-R. G. Dun
& Co.'s weekly review of trade says:
One fact of the week which will like
ly prove the most important, is the
large absorption of money by the
Treasury. OF the Interstate law,
there is less said pending the decision
of the Commission as to the continu.
ance or suspension of the fourth sec.
ton. In some quarters the new law
is clearly regarded with more favor,
particularly where transfer business
from larger centres results, or where
the first unfavorable effects seem to
have passed away. But it is safe to
remember that the full effect of the
law has not been felt as yet, because
of temporary suspensions.
Reports are cheering as to crops
and generally favorable as to State
business collections and the supply oil
money. Speculation in coffee hoist
ed the price again regardless of the
demand. Oil dealings have been
stagnant and pork is a shade lower
Hogs, lard and beef are higher
Sugar is unchanged. New England
boot and shoe makers are receiving
large orders, doing an increasing bus
mess.
The great sale of fiannels embraced
$4,000 lots, valued at 81 100000, and
the prices realized were eyidentlp
satisfactory. The effect much encour-
aged dealers in woolens generally,
and though little improvement is yet
seen the demand for clothes is plain.
Wool growers and manufacturers are
gradually approaching each other.
Western growers we're reported
pleased at the sales generally. Con-
siderable orders are reported for blan-
kets and dress goods, Cotton goods
are strong, some grades advancing
and the "corner" continues in prices
of cotton in spite OF the good crop
prospects.
Wheat speculation still RACES but
with prices lower than a week ago,
and it is doubtful whethar even the
powerful clique csn escape loss. Re-
ceipts are large and the supply of the
country clearly beyond all demands,
and crop prospects are satisfactory.
In such circumstances it is not
strange that the Chicago banks want
no more wheat paper, and seven per
cent is bid for loans on wheat collat-
teral.
The iron market shows a better
tone. but the demand for products OF
iron and steel does not appear to i'm.
prove.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-06-11
Pan-Electric Suits.

CHICAGO, June IA special from
Washington says that the indications
are that the bills of the Government
counsel in the Pan.Electric telephone
suit will prove as startling as those
that were filed by the lawyers en-
gagged on the part of the Govern
ment in the Star Route trials.
There are six lawyers engaged on
the part of the Government, includ-
ing Thurman, of Ohio, Lowery, of
New York, Goode. of Virginia. and
Chandler, Hunton and Whitman, of
Washington. Up to the present time
these gentlemen have received from
the Government, for fees and expen-
ses, total of about $4,000. It is
estimated by the accounting officers
of the Treasury that the total amount
of the bills before the suits are
brought to a close will be at least
100000.
Judge Lowery has thus far valued
his time at SIS an hour for every one
of the twenty-four hours of each
day since his employment began.
Mr.. Goode has received as much for
his counsel and advice in this case as
a years salary as Solicitor General.
The average compensation of each of
the lawyers employed has been about
$1,000 to date. and the suits are
scarcely begun.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-06-11

The April report from the Balti-
more and Ohio Employees Relief
Association says $50, 665.1O has been
paid out in benefits that month and
was distributed in this way: Trans
portation department, $4,676.4O; ma
chinery department, $4.777.45; road
department, $1,853.36; Philadelphia
division, S423.25; Trans. Ohio divis-
ion, S5,2l5.45; Pittsburg division,
S2S2.10, and physicians bills, $SS3.1S.
The report says that the whole
amount paid out in benefits up to
May LIST is 81 1888, 9S2.97. This was
applied to 62,01S.
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The Democratic Governor of New
York and his followers have laid all

The Democratic Governor of New
York and his followers have laid all
sorts Of schemes for popularity re-
Gently. Col F. D. Grant was recent
ly named by Gov. Hill as a member
of the board of quarantine officers in
place Of ex-senator Plat, the Presi-
dent of the Board. The New York
Legislature adjourned last week with
the nomination not acted upon. Sem
ator Platt has sent the following open
letter to Gov. Hill:
Now that the Legislature has ad.
journed and the Republican Senate
has refused to be frightened by the
howls OF the Bourbons or the shrek
of the Mugwumps into delivering
over the Quarantine Department to
Democratic control, and has declined
to confirm the successor you name
for my place as Commissioner of
Quarantine, permit me to offer few
facts and submit proposition that
may tend to mitigate the disappoint-
ment which this result may have oc-
cassioned.
First and foremost I beg to say
shat the position In which I have
been placed of struggling to maintain
possession of this paltry Office rs false
and humiliating in the extreme. I
would haye been glad long ego to be
relieved from its duties. The impor-
tunities of political friends and the
attacks of malicious foes have forced
me to do violence to my own wishes
and interests and persist IN possess
sions, The recent action of
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New York and the Labor Vote.

From the Standard, Henry Georges Organ.
Grover Cleveland for President
carried the State of New York in
1884 by a plurality of 1047 on total
vote of LII, 1872, and change of one
vote IN each thousand cast would
have caused him to lose New York
and the presidency. David B. Hill,
Democrat, was elected Governor in
1885 by plurality Of IL ,134 in total
vote of 1,026, 239. In 1856 Rufus w.
Peckham, Democrat, was chosen AS
sociate Judge of the Court of Appeals
by plurality of 1887 in a total vote
of 970,807. In each case the Prohi-
bition vote was much larger thar the
plurality of the successful candidate.
These are facts that must be borne in
mind by anyone who seeks to arrive
at any reasonable opinion as to the
effect of the Labor vote on existing
political parties. They show that
the Democratic majority in this State
is 80 narrow that any appreciable
loss of votes that did not equally
affect the Republican party would
give the State to the latter.
In New York City last Fall 1861
Republicans who voted for Daniels
for Judge of the Court of Appeals de-
serted Roosevelt and voted for
George for mayor. Of 1928 Dem
ocrats who voted for PecKham for
judge of the Court of Appeals, 41821
deserted Hewitt and voted for the La
Dor candidate. Nearly 1000 voters
voted for George who voted for no
candidate for any other Office. The
loss to the Republicans was % per
cent, and to the Democrats 81 per
cent. Had the new movement ex-
tended to state offices the result
would have been as follows:
Daniels, 46l ,01S less 55l ,467
Peckham, Az, SIS less Al ,934
Republican maj GRITTY Alb
This calculation is, of course, based
on the assumption that the move
ment is confined to New York City
but it is no longer thus confined. The
United Labor party now has conf
plete organization in every district
in Brooklyn, which has also been
Democratic city; and the probability
is that it will draw from both the old
political organizations in proportions
similar to those shown in this city.
thus increase the disaster of the DEM
ocratic party.
The last election placed the Labor
party third in the race and left it
facing the Democratic party as its
only real antagonist. The new party
with but an impromptu organization,
and believed by all outside its own
ranks to be doomed to inevitable de-
feat. polled over Is. 900 votes in 1886.
1t is now organized in every election
district, and has never permitted its
efforts or its enthusiasm to flag for
moment. If the Labor party carries
New York City this year and the
Democratic party loses the State, the
latter organization may as we'll aban-
don any thought of electing any can
didate of its own to the presidency if
the new party has candidate in the
field.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-06-11

There is fine old lady living in
Henry county, Illinois. The old
lady belongs TO the Methodist church,
but the husband does not. They
both went to Philadelphia to visit
some friends and take in the Centen-
nial, When they came home the old
lady was telling the minister visiting
at their house what she saw there.
Among the rest she said: "When
we went into the main building
just thought 1 was in heaven, but
when 1 looked around and saw John
I knew that was mistaken,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-06-11

Mr.. Blaine left Augusta by train
at 3 o'clock Saturday afternoon, for
his European trip. A large party of
his old friends and neighbOrs met
him at the station, and babe him
good bye and God speed. He de-
parted in the best of health, and
went direct to New York, where he
will be Joined by his family this
week. The party will sail for Europe
on the 9Th inst on the steamer Ems.
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SATURDAY, JUNE IL. 1887.

Our young friend J. Ed. Kildow
has purchased the Kingwood wv.
Val ArGss. We wish him abundant
success. but hope that he may not
change the political complexion of
Preston county. d
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Correspondents must enclose fun name and
address, not necessarily for publication, but
as private guarantee of good faith. Reject
ed communications will not be returned.
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do not wish to crush capital with
labor, or to further intensity the feel
ing which already exists between the
two. for am a land-holder and tax.
payer myself; but say that the man
who never mixes up with the com.
mon people, unless he is summoned
to explain something and shake the
moths out of his memory, will some
day, when the grass grows green over
his own grave, find himself confront
ed by the same kind of memory
on the part of mankind.
l do not say all this because 1 was
treated in an off.hand manner by
Mr.. Gould. but because 1 think it
ought to be said.
AS l said before, Jay Gould is con-
siderably below the medium height
and am not going to take it back.
He is man who will some day sit
out on the corner of new-laid planet
with his little pink railroad maps on
his knee. and ask, "Where am P"
and the echoes from every musty
corner of miasmatic oblivion will
take up the question and refer it to
the Judiciary Committee; but it will
curl up and die like the minority re-
part against big railroad land grant.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-01-01
ORANGE AVENUE.

Desirable Building Lots in a Picturesque
Locality.
The elegant cut with the two mammoth
palm trees, that appears elsewhere in this
issue, represents residence in the STAN
ford block in this city The Stanford man
sion is 100 feet west This is one of the
finest locations in the city, and the sur
roundings are picturesque One of our en-
thusiastic citizens proposes that the name
of the street be changed to Orange avenue,
as he claims there are more bearing orange
trees. and a greater variety of citrus fruits
and tropical plants growing on that block
than any other in the city. The beautiful
surroundings, its central location, its near
ness to the State Library and the handsome
CAPITOL Park, make this portion of the city
the " bon-ton, or upper ten, SO 10 speak,
and desirable TO all who care to live in
what must always be regarded as the best
nortion of Sacramento. The desirability OF
this CITY as a place TO reside has long since
been established lis climate and health
has no superior on the coast; its eduea-
tional facilities are unsurpassed; its society
of the very best. and the cost OF living as
cheap as anywhere in the State. There are
many wealthy individuals who desire &c
| come to Sacramento to reside. In this con.
nection it may be stated that Carl Strobe
can furnish them ground to build upon, OF
residence property, in the Stanford BLOCK
| He can post them thoroughly upon all rea
estate matters in the city. He has the dls
posal of some of the finest property, espec
/ ally building lots. IN Sacramento.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-01-01

looking Ike minute little plums. See fig
q, which represents bunch of three nuts
with pistilS fully out.l The fine powdery
substance. seereted by the catkins by drop
ping,on the pistils, fertilizes the nuts. So
ii is obvious that the nuts, or rather pistlls,
must be out at the same time as the cat
kins or stamens, to be properly fer1llzed J
and here lies the trouble with the Los An
geles or California English walnut, which
has its pistillate bloom or nuts dormant at
the time that the staminate bloom or cat
kins is fully out. When the nuts or
female blossoms are in full bloom, there is
not on the tree solitary catkin to fertilize
them, consequently the nuts, not being
fertilized, have to drop off after having at
tanned the size OF a large pea. This is a
serious defect with that variety of the Eng
fish walnut and it ought TO preclude its
planting altogether in any parts OF the
country where it is known to be thus de-
fectiye as to time of blossom.
Let every one in Central and northern
California and Oregon, having large bear
ing trees of this common kind, watch
closely their trees at blooming time, and
they will find out as to the correctness OF
the explanation of the cause of the barren
ness OF that variety, which unfortunately
has been so extensively propagated.
AS TO \ REMEDY,
We know of but one. First to cease plant
ing this kind, and to graft any trees already
planted into kinds known to be perfect
boomers" But there is another defect
with that Los Angeles walnut, which rem
ders its culture Improbable wherever late
frosts are common in the spring-it is to
bud and bloom out too early in the spring.
In such localities none but late sorts should
be planted.
The next question is. what varieties can
be relied upon so as to make walnut-grow-
ing entire reliable, and as profitably as can
easily be done.
MOST DESIRABLE VARIETIES.
The writer has for the last II years ex-
perimented on the best-known varieties OF
Europe, at the head of which / would
place the Preparturiens, or Fertile walnut.
| have also scattered thousands of trees.
almost in every county of the State, and
now that those trees are beginning to bear
| am able to see with certainty the i'm
,, provement they are on the variety referred
to, which are barren because they do not
fertilize properly.
The leading varieties of Europe that we